Paying History Forward . . . the right way

Molly Richey, undergraduate student at Jacksonville College.

in the past couple of years, I’ve been talking about the concept of Paying History Forward. This notion is about how to connect people to history in a way that gets their emotions involved in history by making it personal.

Molly Richey is a student at Jacksonville College. Through connections with her grandmother, a teacher there, and Casey & Melinda Betts, TTR landowners north of Hughes Springs, Molly came up with a great idea for a project for Undergraduate Day. She chose to do her research and presentation on Trammel’s Trace.

Molly visited the ruts at the Betts’ farm, and the Texas Historical Marker near Dalton Baptist Church on Highway 77. Her full report won’t be released until February 23, but here is a very special preview.

Her poster is below, and you can check out her video by clicking here. You can learn more about the competition from this article in the Jacksonville Daily Progress.

You look great in that Rut Nut t-shirt, Molly. It makes me happy to see interest in Trammel’s Trace jump to your generation!

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